Improved folding-chair



To all whom it may concern: 4

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ma N tm eine New 4 JOHN c. cRUMMrj AND ALBERT A...1 ARsoNs, or PrTrSBUnc, Fernv-` sYLvANIA. p

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`The Schedulexrefarred to in these Lettera Patent and making part of the same Beit known that we, J cnn C. GRUMMY yand AL- BERT A. PARsoNs, of the city of Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and improved Folding-Chair; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of theconstruction and operation of thesame, reference being had to 'the accompanying i `drawings making part of this specification, and to the letters o f reference marked thereon, in which- Figure lis a perspective View of our chair; Figure 2, a view of the chair when folded; Figure 3, a detail of one of therounds; and I igure 4, a section of the frame of the chair.

Our `invention consists in an easy or lounging-chair, constructed in sucha manner that it can be folded together in a compact shape, occupying bntlittle room.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use our invention, we will proceed to describe its construc-` tion and operation. The frame 0f our chair, shown in section in g. 4, is of hard wood, strongly pnt together. 'lhe sides A A of `the seat being connected bythe cross-bars B B,

asin the `common chair.

Theframe of the back C is constructedin the same manner, the sides C `O being connectedby the cross- The` head-rest L is framed together in the same way.

rPhe back C is attmhedto'A the seatat E by strong hinges .or knee-joints, and turns over on the seat when the chair is folded.

`The head-rest is hinged 'to the back, and turns over on itwhen the chair is folded up, and is held in place when the chair isin use bythe hooks F F, which are fastened to the back of the chair, and which 'hook into the eyes G G on the headrest,`which maybe inclined atvarions angles. i l

Thearms H H are secured to the seat at I by screws, on which they turn and to the back C by other screws or bolts, which pass through the slots ma in `They are kept apart and braced when 'the chair is in use, by the rounds K K, one of which is shown in fig. 3. i 'The heads b b on the ends ofthe rounds, hook into the slots c c of the metal plates d d, screwed onto the legs of thechair. f

When the chair is folded the rounds are placed between the back and the seat, as shown in' fig. 2.

The frame, constructed as described-is stued and covered in any suitable style. .4

",Fig'. 1 shows the chair completed and ready for use, with the head-rest slightly thrown back and 'the rounds K K in position.

Fig.` 2 shows the chair folded or partially folded, as packed up for convenience of transportation.

What we claim as. our invention, and desire `to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

` 1f The folding back O,.havng the hinges or joints E, head-rest L, and arms H H, operating as described, in combination with the chair-seat A.

2. The folding legs P P, hinged and braced as defied.

J. C. CRUMMY, I

A. A. PARsoNsl Witnesses:

J. DONALDSON, FRANcIs D. CLARK. 

